sometimes

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   on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

   “sometimes she wished she were back in England”

   “sometimes her photography is breathtaking”

   “sometimes they come for a month; at other times for six months”

Questions about sometimes

What does sometimes mean?

sometimes means "on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always".

How many syllables are in sometimes?

sometimes has 2 syllables: someti-mes. The stress falls on "mes". In IPA it is /səmˈtaɪmz/.

Is sometimes a common word?

sometimes is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sometimes?

3 words rhyme with sometimes. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.